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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thanks - and I will share my comment
also on the Internet Society Chapter Support list.<br>
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On 8/25/2012 4:45 PM, Louis Pouzin (well) wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CA+EjHYoicdUNJviEKu=SJ8iqbYfn0RsR8wUwQ5wd2o=Wo6Q2FQ@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">This "damages" figure is totally bogus. Here is a good
example of US legal terrorism.<br>
Louis<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Fahd A.
Batayneh <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:fahd.batayneh@gmail.com" target="_blank">fahd.batayneh@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div dir="ltr"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19370862"
target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19370862</a><br>
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Joel Tenenbaum must pay $675,000 (£426,000) in damages
awarded to the major US music labels after his request for a
retrial was turned down.<span class="HOEnZb"><font
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From the text above:<br>
<p><b>Mr Tenenbaum was 16 years old when a letter was sent to his
parents' home accusing him of illegal file-sharing.</b></p>
<p><b>He was asked to pay $5,250 (£3,319) for downloading seven
songs. He claims he offered $500 (£316) which was all he could
afford at the time, and it was declined.</b></p>
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Fahd<br>
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For those who may not know:<br>
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<big><b>Internet Society</b></big><small><br>
<b>Internet Hall of Fame 2012</b></small>
<h2><small>Louis Pouzin - <small>Pouzin invented the datagram and
an early packet communications network, known as CYCLADES. His
work was influential among Vint Cerf, Robert Kahn and others
in the development of TCP/IP Protocols.</small><br>
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Is the Internet Society going to comment on this judgement?<br>
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<br>
Norbert Klein<br>
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